Product Description

FOUND IN: ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, BRAZIL, GERMANY, MEXICO, MOROCCO & USA

Agate is a semi-precious gemstone, and defined as a “banded chalcedony”, or a variety of quartz, filled with a translucent, multicolored chalcedony, some with parallel bands. The composition is silica with a variety of trace elements.  The names of agate varieties are chosen for their appearance or how they are cut. Therefore, there are many agate “varieties”

METAPHYSICAL:
Agates are grounding stones. They help obtain a better physical/emotional balance. They work to raise consciousness. Purple Agate is the stone of meditation and spiritual transformation. This stone works on the upper Chakra. It assists in allowing trust with your own intuition and opens the spiritual flood gates to a realm of endless possibilities. It gives us the space to “be” our spiritual selves and clears the mind for extraordinary vision and insight.

SCIENTIFIC:
Color: Various, banded or layered
Color of streak: White
Moh’s hardness: 6½-7
Specific gravity: 2.60-2.65
Cleavage: None
Fracture: Uneven
Crystal system: Hexagonal (triagonal)
Chemical composition: SiO2 silicon dioxide
Transparency: Translucent, Opaque
Refractive index: 1.544-1.553
Double refraction: +0.009
Dispersion: None
Pleochroism: None
Absorption spectrum: Dyed yellow: 7000, (6650), (6340)
Fluorescence: Varies with bands: partly strong; yellow, blue-white